I’m A Celeb bosses furious at Mark Wright and Dougie Poynter’s code

Just days after
Freddie Starr left the jungle, I’m A Celebrity â¦ Get Me Out of Here! bosses face new drama after discovering that contestants have been sending secret messages to family and friends back home.

Dougie has been sending messages to his family via a series of facial expressions and hand signals (Picture: ITV)

ITV1 chiefs have noticed The Only Way is Essex hunk Mark Wright and McFly bassist Dougie Poynter have been breaking the rules, which state they can only communicate with fellow camp mates in the Australian jungle-based programme, by making the coded signals – and they are worried others may follow suit.

An insider told The Sun: ‘The whole point of I’m A Celebrity is that contestants are cut off from the outside world in the Aussie jungle.

They are banned from talking to any crew members they see and must only chat among themselves or when they are purposefully asked questions by producers.

‘So bosses were absolutely livid when they heard some of the contestants were using secret codes to communicate with people back in the UK.

Producers are now monitoring the situation and keeping a close eye on things and will step in if they believe it is getting out of hand.’

Dougie has developed a secret code for his girlfriend Lara â and Mark’s sister Jessica Wright recently confirmed the 24-year-old reality TV star has been successfully making secret signals to his family.

She wrote on twitter: ‘Ahh marks got to do the trial! So proud of him. He has a private sign to his family and he did it twice. He’s gonna do so well thx 4 support (sic)’.